World Quotes

Instead of leading the world by how much we borrow, it's time that we make sure we lead the world in how much we build and create and invest.

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

The London games mark the 24th anniversary of my winning two golds and setting the world record in the heptathlon. Someone is going to want it; records are made to be broken - it's only a matter of time. I hope mine will outlive me.

The man who has done his level best... is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.

The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.

Qualifying for the second stage would be a successful World Cup for us. I think we can do it.

The battle for the mind of Ronald Reagan was like the trench warfare of World War I: never have so many fought so hard for such barren terrain.

And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves "It's pretty, but is it Art?"

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

That day, my first day on the job, was September 11, 2001! I was actually being recognized by Switzerland the very day that the World Trade Center was hit.

All you need in the world is love and laughter. That's all anybody needs. To have love in one hand and laughter in the other.

Countries such as the U.S. and Britain have taken it upon themselves to decide for us in the developing world, even to interfere in our domestic affairs and to bring about what they call regime change.

The fact that the games were so close was a tribute to the level of skill in the World Cup.

Tobacco is America's greatest gift to the world!

An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.

Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else? The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.

I vividly remember the stories my grandfather told me about the carnage of the First World War, which people tend to forget was one of the worst massacres in human history.

The soles of Neil Armstrong's boots on the moon made permanent impressions on our souls and in our national psyche. Ann and I watched those steps together on her parent's sofa. Like all Americans we went to bed that night knowing we lived in the greatest country in the history of the world. God bless Neil Armstrong.

By giving people the power to share, we're making the world more transparent.

The supply of words in the world market is plentiful but the demand is falling. Let deeds follow words now.

Today, the Muslim world is the poorest of the global powers.

If you are working 50 hours a week in a factory, you don't have time to read 10 newspapers a day and go back to declassified government archives. But such people may have far-reaching insights into the way the world works.

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

Personally I believe that the courses we followed for some years after World War II were enlightened, surprisingly imaginative and extremely effective.

I am trying to show the world that we are all human beings and that color is not important. What is important is the quality of our work.

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm. But the harm does not interest them.

And then 45 years later, as I finished my career in the great city of Cleveland, that was another great way to end my career, going to the World Series.

Without stirring abroad, One can know the whole world; Without looking out of the window One can see the way of heaven. The further one goes The less one knows.

There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.

We are regarded as a Third World country with First World living conditions.